Sapphires might serve of her splendors to tell, Or diamonds weigh out the worth of her glory, And still fall short of the virtues that swell In the breasts of her sons that have mastered her story. From flowers of her planting, their sight or their smell, Vanishes Self, foul, haggard, and hoary, But boundless her blessings on them whose thought Traces the plan that the Nazarene wrought. Around the ocean’s chrysoprase brim The Dawn, approaching, broadcast will send Purple and scarlet, now bright and once dim, And yet their gorgeous painting suspend When the sun draws nigh, and in honor of him Show nothing but golden. So shall ascend The goddess of knowledge and pour from above Transfiguring light on the land we love. —Translated by C. E. R. APPENDIX B RIZAL AS A PATRIOT, AUTHOR, AND SCIENTIST By Francis Burton Harrison, Governor-General 1915–21 [Of all the governor-generals the Philippines have had, Mr. Harrison was the most beloved by the islanders. He seemed to have an instinctive sympathy with them and after his retirement from office testified to their worth in a remarkable book, “The Cornerstone of Philippine Independence.” The comments that follow are extracts from an address he delivered at the laying of the corner-stone of Rizal Hall, Philippine University, December 15, 1919.] Addressing a university audience, I have selected three points in the life and writing of Dr. Rizal for your consideration. First is his patriotism. This university must devote its best efforts to teaching the students of to-day and those of coming generations that form of pure and unselfish patriotism that we find in the writings and sayings of Dr. Rizal. We have been gratified to follow the course in debate and in action of the students of this university in devoting their attention in a purely non-partizan way to the consideration of public questions of the day, but I address myself to the faculty as well as to the students for consideration of the form which that patriotism should take. In the days of my grandfather young men in America went to Germany to study at the universities. That was the golden age when the teachings and memory of Goethe, Schiller, Lessing, and Heine inspired the youth of the land and brought about a political movement that was crushed and ended in 1848 in the death of liberalism and the beginning of modern autocracy. Those of us that were educated in German literature can scarcely understand the Germany of the last three decades, and yet, in my opinion, their devotion to the religion of brutality and force is to be found in the teachings of their modern university professors—an example that has terrified all mankind and threatened the liberties of the world. So I say the teaching of pure patriotism must always be dedicated to the promotion of liberties, the